College of San Mateo Delivery Mode Course Comparison (11/03/2014)
Distance Education vs. Traditional Mode
Student Success Indicators: Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013
ART 101 Art&Archit: Anc. Wrld-Med.Time (3.0 Units), Online Mode
Part I—Summary: Enrollment and Student Outcomes
Fall 2011
Distance
#Sections
#Enrollments
%Success
%Retention
Fall 2012
Traditional
0
2
0
89
71.9
83.1
-
Distance
Fall 2013
Traditional
Distance
Total
Traditional
Distance
Traditional
0
2
1
2
1
6
0
80
73.8
85.0
26
84.6
92.3
86
64.0
82.6
26
84.6
92.3
255
69.8
83.5
-
Part II—Demographic Profile: Enrollment and Student Outcomes
Demographic
Variable
Ethnicity
Distance
Count
%
Traditional
Count
%
Distance
Traditional
% Success % Retention % Success % Retention
Asian
African American
Filipino
Hispanic
1
0
5
4
3.8
0.0
19.2
15.4
32
4
24
56
12.5
1.6
9.4
22.0
100.0
80.0
75.0
100.0
100.0
75.0
68.8
50.0
50.0
58.9
84.4
75.0
66.7
76.8
Native American
Pacific Islander
White
0
0
7
0.0
0.0
26.9
3
6
79
1.2
2.4
31.0
85.7
85.7
0.0
66.7
84.8
0.0
83.3
92.4
6
3
26
23.1
11.5
100
41
10
255
16.1
3.9
100
100.0
66.7
84.6
100.0
100.0
92.3
75.6
70.0
69.8
87.8
100.0
83.5
Female
Male
21
5
80.8
19.2
120
132
47.1
51.8
81.0
100.0
90.5
100.0
70.0
68.9
85.0
81.8
Unrecorded
Total
0
26
0.0
100
3
255
1.2
100
84.6
92.3
100.0
69.8
100.0
83.5
3
19
1
11.5
73.1
3.8
118
109
15
46.3
42.7
5.9
100.0
89.5
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
69.5
68.8
66.7
85.6
82.6
73.3
1
2
0
3.8
7.7
0.0
3
3
5
1.2
1.2
2.0
0.0
50.0
-
0.0
50.0
-
100.0
100.0
60.0
100.0
100.0
60.0
0
0
26
0.0
0.0
100
2
0
255
0.8
0.0
100
84.6
92.3
100.0
69.8
100.0
83.5
Other
Unrecorded
Total
Gender
Age
19 or less
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-49
50+
Unrecorded
Total
DEFINITIONS & NOTES
Overview of Data
This is a delivery-mode
comparison of student
success in online courses
with their traditional mode
counterparts, if offered.
The comparison spans Fall
semesters only: F’11, F’12,
F’13.
Part I: Enrollment & Student
Outcomes
Displays summary data of
total enrollment, numbers of
sections offered, retention,
and success.
Part II: Demographic Profile
Displays comparative
demographic data
aggregated with retention
and success data. This
includes totals for all Fall
semesters combined.
Enrollments
Indicates a duplicated
headcount that is the sum
of end-of-term enrollments.
Retention %
The percentage of
enrollments with a grade of
A, B, C, D, F, P, NP, I, at endof-term (only excludes W’s).
Success %
Also known as “successful
course completion.” The
percentage of enrollments
with a grade of A, B, C, or P
at end-of-term.
Prepared by the Office of
Planning, Research, and
Institutional Effectiveness (PRIE)
collegeofsanmateo.edu/prie